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THE REPRESENTATIVE 31 March 2017
Boost for rural roads
and bridges in region
From page 1
R1.5-million. The upgrade
of rural gravel roads in
the municipal area would
be allocated R2.5-million.
“Phase 5 of the
surfacing of taxi routes in
Molteno and Sterkstroom
will receive an allocation
of R3.4-million. Surfacing
and paving of gravel
roads in Ezibeleni and
Mlungisi will receive
R30-million,” Ntshanga
said.
Robbed, stabbed man
assisted by Red Guard
RED Guard response
officers attending to a
panic button activated at
a local garage,
apprehended a man who
was allegedly under the
influence of alcohol and
who had driven into a
petrol pump last Monday.
Operations manager
Willie Reynecke said the
manager decided not to
open a case after the
police was unable to
attend to the scene.
On Wednesday,
response officers
apprehended a man who
had allegedly assaulted a
The improvement of
rural roads and bridges
would receive attention
in the coming financial
year with the
construction of two
bridges.
Phase 2 of Qwabi
Bridge over Kuzingutu
had been allocated
R2.5-million, with Baccles
Farm Bridge to benefit
from R5.5-million.
Fencing of grazing camps
would receive
R4.2-million.
Police call
for vigilance
THE Komani police have urged vigilance after four men
tried to gain access to a home.
The men, driving in a white Polo, stopped outside a
Balmoral home on Tuesday afternoon and tried to convince
a gardener to allow them access into the home. When he
refused to do so, they claimed to be from the local
municipality and said they had work to do. The gardener,
however, continue to refuse and the men eventually left the
scene.
Police spokesman Captain Namhla Mdleleni urged
residents to be alert and not to allow strangers access to
their premises. – Rep reporter
security officer at a local
butchery. He was handed
over to the police.
A response officer
assisted a business
owner in Tylden Street to
apprehend two suspects
who had allegedly stolen
a truck battery.
On Sunday, a response
officer on patrol in
Mlungisi, helped an
elderly man who was
robbed and stabbed in
front of a shop. He
remained with the man
until he was taken to
hospital by ambulance. –
Rep reporter
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Multimillion-rand housing
project is back on track
BHONGO JACOB
A MULTIMILLION-RAND
housing project in Westbourne
has resumed after
being on hold for two years.
Consultant Ian van Dyk
said the delay was caused
by civil infrastructure and
the registration of the area,
which is to be known as
South Street Village.
The Rep reported (“Bet ter
living”, November 11 2015)
that the housing scheme
aimed at providing houses
to middle-income earners.
Speaking to The Rep this
week, Van Dyk said there
was a high demand for
middle-income housing.
“The merging of the three
municipalities has further
increased the demand for
affordable housing.”
CMAI Architects from
Knysna, in liaison with
Number Two Piggeries from
Komani, initially launched
the project in November
2015 pending the
conclusion of the planning,
registration of the area and
design of services, in
liaison with the
municipalit y.
Van Dyk said almost half
of the development was
sold out within two days of
the launch.
Two houses have been
completed – a
two-bedroom, single-storey
home and a three-bedroom,
double-storey one.
“This design creates a
homely and comfortable
at m o s p h e r e . ”
A total of 101
plot-and-plan units will
come onto the market on
Monday, with a range of
101 plot-and-plan units on market next week
FULL STEAM AHEAD: Consultant Ian van Dyk stands in front of the housing project in Westbourne Picture: BHONGO JACOB
houses and site sizes
allowing prospective home
owners a selection of
modern, free-standing
houses, arranged around
four central courts.
Twenty-five houses are
arranged around each
cour t.
“The layout of the area
provides for the units to be
designed and positioned to
create an attractive
appearance, focusing on
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strong emphasis on
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Van Dyk said the design
aimed to ensure
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He said the security
perimeter fencing would be
restored after the
completion of the
infrast ructure.
“A scale model of the
proposed development has
been built and full
information of the selling
conditions will be available
on site to assist
prospective purchasers.
The house sizes vary from
54m² to 75m² and different
plans are available for a
variety of stands.”
Units are selling from
R590 000 up.
Van Dyk said the Enoch
Mgijima Municipality had
played a supportive role in
adopting and approving the
layout plans, design
proposals and the township
establishment conditions to
ensure effective
management of South
St reet.
Space shelter project for Komani
SONJA RAASCH
AN AMBITIOUS project to find
alternative accommodation for
humankind in outer space may well find
its beginnings in Komani.
While much has been made in the
media over Mars One, a global initiative
aimed at accommodating human
settlement on Mars by 2020, another
project which is waiting in the wings
will have humans exploring the final
frontier of space.
Last year, Nasa indicated that it had
discovered three new planets in a
distant solar system that could be
habitable and sustain life – the planets
are known as Kepler-62-E, Kepler-62-F
and Kepler-69-C. All three planets orbit a
star similar to the sun. It is also possible
that they all have water sources.
Operation Esnesnonrettu has since
been launched, named after the
well-known astronaut and passionate
space explorer Yllear Esnesnonrettu
from Italy, with research getting under
way late last year.
The town of Komani has since
captured the attention of the man
heading the project, Professor Lirpa
Loof of Yugoslavia, due to its location.
Loof said in an interview with Space
Explorer magazine that he had visited
Komani in 2005 and that the sheltered
geographical location and the proven
stability of the rock formations in the
area, made it the perfect place to test
the proposed shelters to be erected on
the three planets.
The shelters are to be constructed
near the Bonkolo Dam where a similar
kind of habitat expected to replicate
the environment of the planets, will be
created. It will be closed to the public,
but Loof said the possibility of
recruiting a local to form part of the
team of an estimated 150 explorers,
was not excluded.
“We will be in Komani for a couple
of years so we’re looking forward to
making it our home. For now, keep
watching the skies!”
The project is expected to start on
April 1 2019.